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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Chinn Ridge-What Could Have Been?
Patchan, Scott C. Second Manassas, Longstreet’s Attack and the Struggle for Chinn Ridge. Potomac Books,Washington D.C; 2011. Pp. IX, 185. ISBN 978-1597976879. Hardcover. $26.95. Just because the 150th anniversary of the Second Battle of Manassas comes to an end does … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, National Park Service, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 2nd Manassas, Chinn Ridge, James Longstreet, John Hennessy, John Pope, National Park Service, Ohio, Robert E. Lee, Scott C. Patchan, Sesquicentennial, South Carolina, Texas
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A word about preservation at Manassas
Preservation still ranks as one of the top concerns at Manassas National Battlefield. In the mid-1990s, preservationists averted potential disaster when they forced the Walt Disney corporation to scrub plans for a proposed history-oriented theme park in the Manassas area. … Continue reading
14th Brooklyn
Posted in Monuments, Photography
Tagged 14th Brooklyn, Bill Run, manassas, Second Manassas
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Days Of Wine & Politics!
Yesterday’s post, “WeedPAC & the FOS,” introduced the players in the events of the 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago. Each man, in his own way, worked to elect Abraham Lincoln, but it was by no means an easy task. … Continue reading
Middle Child and Second Fiddle: The Sad Fate of Second Manassas
Try as I might, I can’t persuade my daughter to explore anything to do with Second Manassas. It’s July 29, 2000. Steph is six but already the veteran of several battlefielding campaigns, and she’s particularly a fan of First Manassas … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Antietam, Bull Run, First Manassas, George McClellan, John Hennessy, John Pope, manassas, Manassas National Battlefield, Maryland Campaign, Second Manassas, Stephwall, Stonewall Jackson
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WeedPAC & the FOS (Friends of Seward)
Lincoln’s greatest challenge in Chicago was the U. S. senator from New York, William Seward. Experienced, and well financed by the nascent “machine” of Thurlow Weed, the leading New York political operative, Seward seemed to be the most qualified candidate … Continue reading
From Iron for Granite: The Army Career of John Gibbon
On August 28, 1862, a Brigadier General would lead his novice brigade of Mid-Westerners against Stonewall Jackson’s hardened Veterans. The Battle of Brawner Farm saw the ascendency of one of the best known and hardest fighting units in the Army … Continue reading
New Speakers Bureau
You may have noticed that we have been tweaking the site this week. We have added a few new blogs and Civil War sites to our links. Also, we have added a new Speakers Bureau. The bureau is a collection … Continue reading
“Yankee Candy Would Choke Me”: Fredericksburg Occupied!!
The location of the city of Fredericksburg meant that it would be a crossroads for the Union and Confederate armies. At the beginning of the war, Confederates came through town on their way to the front or to garrison the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Civilian, National Park Service, Personalities, Sesquicentennial, Slavery
Tagged Betty Herndon Maury, civilians, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Occupation, Fredericksburg-Civilian, Irvin McDowell, John Pope, linkedin, Lizzie Alsop, Montgomery Slaughter, Nannie Belle Maury, private property, Rappahannock River, United States flag
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